Steve Trautman is corporate America’s leading knowledge transfer expert. For more than two decades, he has provided executives at blue-chip companies and in the public sector with the simplest, most relevant and quick solutions for knowledge transfer. His pioneering work in the field of knowledge transfer and related risk management tools is now the nationally-recognized gold standard. Developed by Steve in the early 1990s when he worked at Microsoft, his knowledge transfer solution is now used by companies ranging from Boeing to Nike, Kraft to Zynga. And he continues to innovate. He has written two books, “Teach What You Know: A Practical Leader’s Guide to Knowledge Transfer through Peer Mentoring” and “The Executive Guide to High Impact Talent Management,” speaks internationally, and provides business leaders with consulting, presentations, and executive retreats. He is known for his high-energy style that combines humor, street smarts, and board room wisdom.

As a sought-after executive coach and long-time business owner of  Best Practice, Inc., Sherryl partners with leaders from Fortune 100 companies, small businesses, and  not-for-profit organizations to grow their own skills, build results-driven teams, and develop the people around them. She has collaborated with Steve since the early 1990's, co-creating and facilitating the Practical Leader Management Series and providing ongoing contribution to the 3-step Knowledge Transfer Solution. The blend of Steve's practical, quick-solution approach and her attention to interpersonal dynamics create a powerful combination. Sherryl is frequently described as warm and engaging with a directness and tenacity that enable her clients to achieve outstanding results in their businesses...and in their lives.

Stacey Dickinson has been in the training industry for over 25 years. Her professional career began at a technology company in a management and marketing support role specializing in the legal market.  In 1989 she began working for Microsoft teaching customers to administer, design and implement databases on Microsoft SQL Server version 1.0. She continued working on the product in both training and courseware development through version 7.0. As a training manager at Microsoft, Stacey owned all training for Program Managers and Marketers in the Product Groups. In 1994, she left Microsoft to start her own training and management consulting business, Solutions View, Inc.  The company focuses on 3 key areas of effective communication: knowledge transfer, collaboration and critical thinking. Stacey is a master instructor of the Knowledge Transfer Workshop which she has been teaching for over 12 years.

With more than 20 years of engineering and plant management experience at European, Chinese and US-owned companies in a variety of industries, Todd has seen just about everything the business world can throw at a person—from frenetic growth and high volume, to cutting out fat, cutting into muscle and cutting one’s own throat.  Todd is a former client of the Steve Trautman Company who implemented the knowledge transfer solution in his own factory.  He is also a long-time lean practitioner and started the Maverick Institute to pioneer the application of lean principles to training and learning.  Throughout his career, he’s seen that effective knowledge transfer and sharing of expertise are critical elements to success.  Todd works with Fortune 100 giants as well as fast and furious startups and mid-sized companies around the world, and speaks regularly to companies and industry associations about using lean to improve training.